Chorus of approval: Athens's performing arts festival

From Greek tragedy in an ancient amphitheatre to installation art in a former furniture factory, the city's annual summer festival is unmissableThe 1,800-year-old Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Roman amphitheatre on the south slope of the Acropolis, known locally as the "Herodion", lies somnolent until late spring but, with the onset of summer, it fills to the brim with 5,000 people most evenings of the week. As the sky turns deep purple and the last rays of sunlight illuminate the distant hills ...

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